Kemp for Pippen Trade in 1994
I don't remember this alleged deal or at least I vaguely do. Would have been Kemp and Ricky Pierce for Pippen.
MJ told George Karl that the Sonics would win the championship if they made the trade, according to the article. What do you guys think?
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Kemp (before McIlvane and the lockout weight gain) > Pippen
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I was just thinking about that trade, and how the NBA Draft was a big deal then (no God damn h.s. punks or Eurotrash). You actually knew most of the draftees.
I wasn't a big fan of it at the time. In the playoffs that yr., Pippen refused to go in the last part of a playoff game Because the coach called a play for Kukoc instead. He wasn't exactly a team player. Pippin alone would not have just magically bought Championships to the Sonics. -
Imagine fast breaks with Jordan and Kemp as the racehorses going airborne. Wow, what a show that would have been.
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I think they lose to the Bulls.HeretoBeatmyChest said:
MJ told George Karl that the Sonics would win the championship if they made the trade, according to the article. What do you guys think?
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I remember the deal. My brother and I were sad about it, but looking at it now, it would have been a good move for the Sonics. Pippen was better than Kemp. It would have been a great move for the Sonics. The perimeter defense with Pippen and Payton would have been incredible.
Only thing questionable about the deal would have been the fit. We already had Detlef to play the 3. Would Pippen be the 2 and we trade Gill for another big? Pippen at the 3 and Det at 4? Or would we sign another big to pair with Perkins/Ervin Johnson? There would have needed to be another move or 2, but Pippen was better than Kemp ever was. Pippen was a top 10 player, maybe even top 5. Kemp was good. Pippen was borderline great. -
That's some Sooonic shit. Everyone loves Kemp, but it's not even close to who was the better player. Pippen was always better.dnc said:Kemp (before McIlvane and the lockout weight gain) > Pippen
I would have hated that deal
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Wow, totally disagree on Pippen. I think he's the most overrated player of his generation.RoadDawg55 said:I remember the deal. My brother and I were sad about it, but looking at it now, it would have been a good move for the Sonics. Pippen was better than Kemp. It would have been a great move for the Sonics. The perimeter defense with Pippen and Payton would have been incredible.
Only thing questionable about the deal would have been the fit. We already had Detlef to play the 3. Would Pippen be the 2 and we trade Gill for another big? Pippen at the 3 and Det at 4? Or would we sign another big to pair with Perkins/Ervin Johnson? There would have needed to be another move or 2, but Pippen was better than Kemp ever was. Pippen was a top 10 player, maybe even top 5. Kemp was good. Pippen was borderline great.
I always hated Pippen.
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Road Dawg at the time of the trade and it was announced as a "done deal" watch the 1994 draft they were talking like it was done. Kemp, Pierce and the 10th pick in the draft for Pippen.RoadDawg55 said:I remember the deal. My brother and I were sad about it, but looking at it now, it would have been a good move for the Sonics. Pippen was better than Kemp. It would have been a great move for the Sonics. The perimeter defense with Pippen and Payton would have been incredible.
Only thing questionable about the deal would have been the fit. We already had Detlef to play the 3. Would Pippen be the 2 and we trade Gill for another big? Pippen at the 3 and Det at 4? Or would we sign another big to pair with Perkins/Ervin Johnson? There would have needed to be another move or 2, but Pippen was better than Kemp ever was. Pippen was a top 10 player, maybe even top 5. Kemp was good. Pippen was borderline great.
I didn't like it due to the bolded part. In the west you had a stable of bigs and the Sonics would have left themselves no bigs.
I love Kemp but I would take Pippen who in 1994 was a top 3 player in the game maybe even 2nd behind only Olajuwon at that time. Now Kemp was a better fit.
My greatest what if of all-time is what if the Sonics had simply kept Pippen the 5th pick in the draft instead of immediately trading him for Oldin Polynice? Watching Kemp, Payton and Pippen do the fast break would be fun.
Here is George Karl's take on the Pippen trade who was pissed it DIDN'T happen. He said that is when he knew his relationship with Wally Walker was going to be doomed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1uC-jU1550
This video he describes the difference between Kemp and Payton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHoAOWb1p4E
This is where Karl talks about the Denver collapse and the trade. -
Hi there. Pippen was a Sonic once:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/63754-top-five-worst-nba-trades-of-all-time -
Flagged for linking Bleacher Report. You of all people should know this.TierbsHsotBoobs said:Hi there. Pippen was a Sonic once:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/63754-top-five-worst-nba-trades-of-all-time
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